WO1998043781A2 - Semi-automatic apparatus for affixing an anti-theft device to an article - Google Patents
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- WO1998043781A2 WO1998043781A2 PCT/US1998/005909 US9805909W WO9843781A2 WO 1998043781 A2 WO1998043781 A2 WO 1998043781A2 US 9805909 W US9805909 W US 9805909W WO 9843781 A2 WO9843781 A2 WO 9843781A2
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
- E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
- Y10T292/48—Seals
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- the present invention is generally concerned with the field of electronic article surveillance (EAS) , and more specifically relates to a semi-automatic machine for affixing an anti-theft device (i.e., an EAS marker) to an article of merchandise, and particularly an article formed of fabric, offered for sale in a self-service store or stocked in a warehouse.
- EAS electronic article surveillance
- a known method of combating theft is to affix anti- theft devices to articles of merchandise and to equip retail stores and/or warehouses with systems for detecting these anti-theft devices.
- the anti-theft device affixed to that article will automatically trip an alarm as the customer passes through a detection system situated at the exit from the store .
- the anti-theft device used generally comprises two elements that are assembled together by snap connection through the fabric.
- the assembly is designed such that the customer himself or herself cannot separate the two elements of the anti-theft device.
- the cashier neutralizes the anti-theft device by removing it from the garment with appropriate tools .
- the two elements of an anti-theft device generally comprise a rigid label which includes a recessed hole and a pin formed of a head and a thin, pointed member.
- the operation of assembling the label and pin is typically performed manually by an operator. To do so, the operator must hold a label, a pin and the fabric at the same time, then pierce the fabric with the point of the pin to engage it in the hole of the label, such assembly being performed at a roughly defined place on the fabric that does not have any particular reference mark.
- An object of the invention is to provide a semiautomatic machine to facilitate the aforesaid assembly operations and to perform them in a reliable and precise manner .
- the invention provides a semi-automatic apparatus for affixing an anti-theft device (i.e., an EAS marker) to an article, the anti-theft device comprising two elements designed to be assembled together by snap connection through the article, the apparatus comprising: - two separate devices for respectively storing and transferring seriatim the first and the second elements of the anti-theft devices to an assembly station, and an assembly station comprising a working surface, a device for positioning the first element of an anti-theft device in an assembly position on the working surface, a manipulating device for bringing the second element of the anti-theft device into an assembly position situated above the first element, a sighting device to permit an operator to position the article on the working surface in such a way that the snap connection of the two elements is made at a desired place on the article, and a device for automatic snap connection of the two elements
- Each device for storage and transfer of the anti- theft devices comprises in particular a vibrating retrieval and sorting bowl provided with a circular convex bottom in order that the received elements naturally become positioned at the circumference of the bottom of the bowl, the inside wall of the bowl being flared and also provided with a helicoidal ramp that forms a guide path between the bottom and the upper part of the bowl, and a conveyor comprising a guide rail, one end of which connects at the level of the upper end of the helicoidal ramp of the vibrating bowl and the other end of which discharges at the level of the assembly station.
- the sighting device situated at the assembly station comprises a light source that projects a beam onto the working surface to mark the place where the two elements of an anti-theft device will be assembled by snap connection, this beam being projected onto the article to form a light spot or reference mark directly on the article when the operator positions the article on the working surface.
- the anti-theft devices are assembled automatically and precisely on the articles to be protected. According to another advantage of the machine according to the invention, the operator no longer has to manipulate the elements of the anti-theft devices, the only operation to be performed by hand being limited to positioning the article relative to the reference mark projected by the light source onto the article.
- the anti-theft devices are affixed to the articles at higher speed without placing undue stress on the operator.
- the machine is used for fabric articles such as items of clothing and, in general, for any article whose material can be perforated by a pointed object without risk of damage to the article.
- the article may be of leather, although the precaution is then taken of assembling the anti-theft device at the position of a seam, which is possible by virtue of the precision of the apparatus .
- the apparatus according to the invention can be of space-saving construction, and may advantageously be mounted on a cart so that the assembly station can be moved to any desired location, since the apparatus can be designed to operate from a simple electrical outlet.
- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional anti- theft device used for fabric articles and comprising a rigid label and a pin.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic view of an anti-theft device affixing apparatus provided according to the invention.
- Fig. 3 is a schematic plan view of a device, included in the apparatus of Fig. 1, for transferring rigid labels to an assembly station.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of a device, included in the apparatus of Fig. 1, for transferring pins to the assembly station.
- Fig. 5 is a schematic view which illustrates operation of an affixing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 6 is a schematic view which illustrates operation of an affixing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- the anti-theft devices to be employed according to the invention comprise two elements assembled together by snap connection.
- the anti-theft device 1 illustrated in Fig. 1 comprises a rigid label 3 pierced by a recessed hole 4, and a pin 5, which includes a head 6 fitted to a pointed member 8.
- pointed member 8 of pin 5 is engaged in recessed hole 4 of label 3.
- a semi-automatic apparatus 10 for affixing an anti- theft device 1 to an article to be protected is illustrated schematically in Fig. 2.
- the apparatus 10 includes subassemblies A and B which respectively store and transfer labels 3 and pins 5 to an assembly station P.
- Subassembly A includes a storage hopper 12 , a retrieval and sorting bowl 14 and a conveyor 16.
- Hopper 12 is provided with an outlet chute 18 that discharges the labels 3 above retrieval and sorting bowl 14.
- the labels 3 are stored in bulk in hopper 12 and are dispensed from the hopper 12 via outlet chute 18 and fall by gravity into the bottom of bowl 14.
- Retrieval and sorting bowl 14 is provided with a bottom 14a of circular and convex shape, so that labels 3 naturally become positioned at the circumference of bottom 14a.
- the inside wall 14b of bowl 14 is flared and provided with a helicoidal ramp 20 which forms a guide path between bottom 14a and the upper part of bowl 14.
- Ramp 20 is slightly inclined in such a manner that its inside edge is higher than its outside edge, which is in contact with the inside wall 14b of bowl 14.
- Conveyor 16 includes a guide track 22, one end of which is adjacent to the upper end of helicoidal ramp 20 and the other end of which is adjacent to the assembly station P.
- Subassembly B comprises a sorting and retrieval bowl 30 and a conveyor 32.
- Pins 5 of the anti-theft devices are directly stored in bulk in bowl 30. Pins 5 have smaller dimensions than labels 3, and it is therefore not necessary to provide a storage hopper upstream from bowl 30.
- bowl 30 has a structure similar to that of bowl 14 for retrieval of labels 3. That is, bowl 30 includes a bottom 30a of circular and convex shape, and a flared inside wall 30b provided with a helicoidal ramp 34 forming a guide path between bottom 30a and the upper part of bowl 30.
- Conveyor 32 comprises a guide track 36, one end of which is adjacent to the upper end of helicoidal ramp 34 and the other end of which is adjacent to assembly station P.
- track 36 is provided with a central slit 36a, in which the pointed member 8 of each pin 5 becomes freely engaged (Fig. 4) .
- Assembly station P comprises a working surface S, a device 40 for positioning labels 3 on working surface S, a device 42 for manipulating pins 5, a sighting device 44 to permit an operator to position correctly on working surface S the place of the fabric at which an anti-theft device 1 is to be affixed by snap connection, and a device for automatic snap connection of a label 3 and a pin 5.
- Device 40 for positioning labels 3 (Fig. 3) includes an impression 46 formed on working surface S and having a shape complementary to that of a label 3 , and a pushing device, including a shaft 48 of a piston 49, for example.
- the downstream end of conveyor 16 is adjacent to the level of working surface S, and shaft 48 of piston 49 is transversely movable relative to conveyor 16 in such a manner that it pushes label 3 situated at the downstream end of conveyor 16 into impression 46, where label 3 is immobilized in its assembly position.
- Manipulating device 42 for manipulating pins 5 (Fig. 2) is mounted on a fixed support 50 rising above working surface S.
- Manipulating device 42 (Fig. 5) includes a gripping device 52 which comprises a head 54, one end-face 54a of which has hemispherical shape in order to accommodate the shape of head 6 of a pin 5 and holds such pin by means, for example, of a magnet 56.
- the other end-face of head 54 is integral with the end of a shaft 58 of a piston 60, which extends perpendicularly to working surface S.
- Piston 60 is fixed on an arm 62 mounted movably on fixed support 50 in order to move gripping device 52 between two positions, namely, a first position situated vertically above the downstream end of conveyor 32 in order to pick up a pin 5, and a second position situated vertically above label 3 lodged in impression 46 of working surface S.
- a pincer 63 To perfect the alignment between pointed member 8 of a pin 5 picked up by gripping device 52 and recessed hole 4 of label 3 situated in impression 46, there is provided a pincer 63.
- the two arms 63a and 63b of pincer 63 are pivotally mounted on head 54 so that they can close on both sides of pointed member 8 of pin 5.
- Pincer 63 cooperates with a fixed cam 64, as will be explained hereinafter.
- Sighting device 44 Fig.
- Sighting device 44 comprises a laser source 65, which projects a light beam 65a that will produce the reference mark R in the form of a light spot situated on hole 4 of label 3 positioned in impression 46.
- the snap-connection device comprises shaft 58 of piston 60 of manipulating device 42 in order to make pointed member 8 of pin 5 penetrate into recessed hole 4 of label 3.
- an operator urges, by means, for example, of a first pedal (not shown) , piston 49 of device 40 for positioning labels 3 in such a way that the shaft 48 of piston 49 pushes label 3 situated at the downstream end of conveyor 16 into impression 46 of working surface S.
- the operator urges, by means, for example, of a second pedal (not shown) , piston 60 of manipulating device 42 in such a way that head 54 of gripping device 52 descends into contact with pin 5 situated at the downstream end of conveyor 32 in order to pick up pin 5 by means of magnet 56.
- device 40 for positioning labels 3 comprises a circular turntable 70 which possesses, for example, two diametrically opposite impressions 46 on its circumference.
- Each impression 46 has a shape complementary to that of labels 3.
- Table 70 is rotated in steps of 180° in such a way as to position one impression 46 in the extension of the downstream end of conveyor 22 and to permit a label 3 to become lodged in this impression 46, while the opposite impression is situated facing the place where assembly will be performed.
- Device 42 for manipulating pins 5 comprises a circular table 72 coaxial with table 70, connected to rotate therewith and situated thereabove .
- Table 72 possesses on its circumference two notches 96, which are diametrically opposite and situated at right angles to impressions 46 of table 70.
- the downstream end of conveyor 32 discharges facing table 72 in order to permit a pin 5 to be positioned freely in one of the notches 96 of table 72.
- Each pin 5 is held in position by means of a semicircular fixed table 74, which is coaxial with movable tables 70 and 72 and is situated underneath table 72 in order to retain head 6 of pin 5 during rotation of disk 72.
- the device for automatic snap connection of a pin 5 and a label 3 is similar to that described with reference to the first embodiment.
- an operator urges, by means, for example, of a first pedal (not shown) , simultaneous rotation of the two tables 70 and 72 by one half rotation in order to bring a label 3 and a pin 5 into alignment with piston 60 of the snap- connection device.
- pin 5 arrives in this alignment, it is no longer supported by fixed table 74 but instead is supported by the two arms 62a and 62b of pincer 62.
- the operator then places article T on working surface S by positioning the place where anti-theft device 1 must be affixed on reference mark R projected onto article T.
- vibrating bowls 14 and 30 are bowls for retrieval of labels 3 and pins 5, but they also perform a sorting function by means of helicoidal ramps 20 and 34, which are designed such that they prevent ascent of an element having a shape other than that of a label 3 or of a pin 5 that may stray by error into the bottom of these bowls.
- ramps 20 and 34 are provided with guide elements that are appropriate to cause extraneous elements to fall back inside the bowls.
- the anti-theft device 1 shown herein for attachment to articles by the apparatus 10 is of the type known as an EAS marker, but it should be understood that an apparatus like apparatus 10 could be provided to attach to articles of clothing, etc., other types of anti-theft devices such as ink tags.
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AU70984/98A AU731053B2 (en) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-24 | Semi-automatic apparatus for affixing an anti-theft device to an article |
GB9922718A GB2338202B (en) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-24 | Apparatus for affixing an anti-theft device to an article |
DE19882240T DE19882240T1 (en) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-24 | Semi-automatic device for attaching an anti-theft device to an article |
US09/381,752 US7789280B1 (en) | 1997-03-28 | 1998-03-24 | Semi-automatic apparatus for affixing anti-theft device to an article |
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FR9703847A FR2761500B1 (en) | 1997-03-28 | 1997-03-28 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR APPLYING AN ANTI-THEFT DEVICE TO AN ARTICLE, PARTICULARLY FABRIC |
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US4536933A (en) * | 1983-01-31 | 1985-08-27 | Japan Bano'k Co., Ltd. | Device for connecting ends of filamentary fastener |
US4588218A (en) * | 1983-10-31 | 1986-05-13 | E. J. Brooks Company | Security seal |
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